Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-18
IdMIGRATIoN WORK.
The Annual Report of the Secretary to
the Association.

The Annual Report of the Secretary u
the Association.
In addition to the proceedings OF int
Central and Northern California lmmigra
ton Association had al its annual meeting
and already published in these columns
the following report of the Secretary tothe
Board of Directors is also given to the
public:
To the Directors Of the Central and Northern
MEN: As directed by our constitution. mere
with submit a report of our work since our
organization
On June %. 1856. the Directors of the Sacra-
mento County Immigration Association ana a
few prominent business men OF our city met at
the Board of Trade rooms, when IL was slateu
that the Directors of the Northern California
linn grafton Association had recommended
that a new organization be formed, lnasmuch as
Sacramento county was the only county tnat
raised any funds to speak OF, or even showed a
disposition to help the parent association
financially or otherwise.
After carefully discussing the subject your AS
sociation was then formed.
You employed DR.. II. Latham as your Core
spending Secretary, to serve until January l,
1887. You have held eleven meetings since or
ganizing; YOU have had published 5000 copies
of the Homeseeker, and have distributed the
same throughout the Eastern. States, and on the
cars of incoming immigrant trains.
The, revenue for carrying on this work has
been derived from advertisements i'll the HoMe-
seeker, as per accompanying report;
Receipts. 600 AZ
2,o90 VI
On hand January !, 1887 S2bf AS
The successful working of our Association has
been handicapped by the railroad company
the ten-day stop-over privileges
extended in 1885 on emigrant tickets, claiming
that they have been continually imposed upon
by the scalping process, and that overland lines
can have only one rule to work upon, TO wit
that emigrant tickets are good only Tor con-
tinuous passage to destination.
1t is the opinion of your Secretary that our
merchants have been called upon so often that
there are now only a few who are willing to
towards the maintenance of our asso-
citation, and that we must look to our City
Trustees for aid. The work has now reached
point at which 1t Will not do to discontinue our
effort. 1t has taken three years of hard work
TO direct the attention of parties living in colder
States to our balmy climate, and now that they
are beginning to write to us and talk about
what we are doing, II is to our interest to do
more than we have ever done towards spread
ing our reputation as the tropical north. As our
income has ceased and until we are assured of
permanent aid from our City Trustee, would
suggest that proper party, who has other en-
be engaged at a small salary, OF
about SIS per month, to keep our Office open,
compile scrap books on the different fruit in
1ustries and collect other information, so
hat when parties call upon him he can
hand them these books for consideration; pro-
cure a list from the different Oranges in the
East of their membership with a view to send
ng them circulars pamphlets, etc. | am salts
led that it is almost impossible to organize a
company in our city for the purpose of COLOMBIA
ion. would therefore. suggest that an effort
)e made to induce capitalists i'll San Francisco
o take hold of some ofthe grants in our vicinity
offered for that purpose. II they would display
he same spirit in this matter that has character
Zed the southern part of our State, our Associa-
ion could well afford to assist them, and it
would not be long before their effort would
,e crowned with success.
l would also suggest than an effort be made
o advertise our section of the State in some of
he principal papers of the East, and that we
that immigrants buy their tickets
o Sacramento. Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM INGRAM, JI., Secretary